Show A M1MM11 HOW TO ASK TROUBLESHOOT & REPAIR ANY SMALL MARILYN® GAS ENGINE BY MARILYN VOS SAVANT have always been under the impression that sailboats could not go any Itfaster than the wind Yet I recently read an article about a world speed record for sailboats that claimed they could go two to three times as fast as the wind How is this possible? I Virginia Beach Va Many people understandably believe that the wind is what pushes a sailboat Gerloff III along and that the difference in sailboat speeds results from how efficiently the boats and their crews manage to capture as much wind as possible But if that were the case no one would be able to sail into the wind—which sailors do even though it is at an angle Not counting the current the wind is indeed the force applied but not quite in the way we might imagine With sails the wind also provides "lift" like an airplane wing In an airplane with horizontal wings the lift helps move the plane upward but in a sailboat with vertical sails the lift helps move the boat forward (instead of sideways) This is because the sails are designed to translate sideways wind into forward motion and the lift" factor can make that sideways wind more than twice as powerful In fact the entire craft—hull structure included—turns into a sort of big wet wing well-design- ed We ape taught that the mind and soul are the source of meaning in life So why are appearances so important to women? —Mary Woodruff Washington DC If you're referring to how much time women spend on their looks maybe you've got it backward If appearances were so important to women it would be the men who would be spending all that time What does it mean when milk is labeled 1 or Percent of what And is this a measure of cream con- 2P tent or fat content? —Beverly Denning Littleton Colo Everybody is concerned with the subject these days and few of us are aware of the facts so it's a good time to get them straight The fat in milk is called milkfat Skim milk is milk in which as much milkfat has been removed as possible this results in a milkfat level of less than 5 of the total product A carton marked milk" contains 1 milkfat and one milk" contains 2 milk-fmarked "2 Whole milk—straight from the cow—averages 37 milkfat Light cream is milk that contains at least 18 milkfat whipping cream is milk that contains at least 30 milkfat and heavy cream is milk that contains at least 36 milkfat When we get to 80 milk-for more we call the product butter But many may be surprised to learn that buttermilk—which is a of the process of churning cream into PARADE MAGAZINE JULY 24 1994 PAGE 15 i! 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